If you’ve used a traditional pair of washer/dryer machines to do your laundry, the idea of a single machine that can take care of both washing and drying seems a little odd at first. How can you have the same area filled with water and then later not only have the water gone but enough heat to dry your clothes?
Before we get into how they work, I want to mention the combination washer and dryer machines are actually nothing new at all – it’s just that they’re getting more popular. This is mainly due to the proliferation of smaller homes and living residences. (Note that I’m speaking here in Western Europe, Canada, and American. In many countries across Asia they have been the norm for some time.)
So the anything new here is really our interest in them.
But back to the basic question: how do they work?
How They Work
A combo unit works by taking the same methods used individually and combining it into a single machine. The washer uses water and detergent and when the cycle is completed, all the remaining water is drained out of the machine. The only water left is what’s soaked up by the fabrics. Then the machine takes advantage of the fact that there’s air all around it – it pulls this nearby air, heats it, and thus dries the clothes. A vent then released any moisture (i.e. the water taken from the clothes) out of the unit and outdoors.
3 Simple Reasons To Use A Combination Washer/Dryer
If you have a small amount of space, you might want to make the most of it by installing a smaller combination unit. Additionally, you don’t have to spend as much time fiddling with your clothes since there’s no second machine to move them to after washing. A third bonus is that most combination machines are built with energy efficiency in mind and require less power than when doing the same in two separate machines. This is particularly true in comparison to older, less well designed models.
Author Bio: By AnnaBelle from the Wardrobe Closets Furniture Blog. Annabelle is a work at home Mom of 3 and blogger from Washington. This is her first guest post at Regenesis Home and Garden.
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